Anastasija Adamovic Sandra Milenkovic

1. Folklore in Smederevo
Gkud Smederevo
Sandra Milenković
Anastasija Adamovic
VII/1

2. Folklore dancing in Smederevo is the most beautiful thing in our town.
Town is national ensemble is located near the centre of our town. Our
national ensemble is called ,,gradsko kulturno umetničko društvo
Smederevo“. There are also other folklore dancicng ensembles in our
town. There are over 500 membres, more than 5 groups and two
coaches.We have rehearsals twice a week, for about an hour. One more
thingmakes our ensemble beatufil:songs which are performed by our
membres. At the begining or every rehearsaal we do warw-up exercises
and then we dance “kolo“. At the end of rehearsal we pratcite
choreography for our performances.

3. Our ensemble, as well as
ensembles from other cities,
take part in every bigger
event in Smederevo. We
perform in events like
like Smederevska jesen,
“Sveti Sava“,and other events
that make people of
Smederevo happy. We get often excited and we have stage fright before
our performances, but when the music starts,everyone relaxes and
enjoys.

4. Our ensembles often travels around Europe and Serbia. During our
travel we always find out something new about folklore, new traditions
of cities and countries, and we win peizes. Some of the most interesting
placea are Italy, Romania, Czech Republic, Monte Negro and Macedonia.

5. Along with winning prizes we got certificates of participation wich
proves that our effort was not wasted.Our special tour was in Romania
and Chech Republic,from 14 till 24 august,wherenour first ensemble
took place in.They were performing in so many other places where they
danced different types of dance “kolo“.They showed their dancing skills.

6. We decided to take folklore dancing classes because through them we
can learn a lot about tradicion of our ancestors and because folklore
dancing is the best hobby in the world. Folklore dancing is one of proofs
of how strong our ancestors were and how good they were at dancing.

7. I am so grateful for folklore
dancing!